藐视

藐視

miǎoshì

verb HSK 7-9 #9,759

Meanings

HSK 5

不要藐视你的对手。

Búyào miǎoshì nǐ de duìshǒu.

Don't look down on your opponent.

HSK 7-9

他藐视一切权威。

Tā miǎoshì yíqiè quánwēi.

He despises all authority.

HSK 7-9

藐视法庭的行为会受到严厉处罚。

Miǎoshì fǎtíng de xíngwéi huì shòudào yánlì chǔfá.

Contempt of court will be severely punished.

usage

藐视法庭 (contempt of court) is a fixed legal term. In everyday speech, 看不起 is more common than 藐视 for 'to look down on'.

Formal/literary. Everyday equivalents: 看不起 (look down on), 瞧不起 (think little of).

藐 miǎo

视 shì